Children's Social Work Team Employed Through an Agency - Find a freedom of information request

Please send me all available details relating to the following questions:

1. Has your local authority employed any entire children's social work team, sometimes referred to as a managed team, through an agency over the last five years?

a. How many teams have you used?

b. Please provide details as a year-on-year breakdown.

c. If so, which area of children's social care were agency teams employed to cover?

d. How long were any agency children's social work teams employed by the local authority - please provide the average length of each assignment?

e. What was the cost of employing children's social work teams, sometimes referred to as managed teams, through an agency, to the local authority over the last five years, as a year-on-year breakdown?

I am also looking for:

2. Details regarding the number of children's social workers employed individually through an agency by your local authority over the last five years as a year-on-year breakdown.

3. The cost to the local authority of employing individual children's social workers (permanent staff not agency) over the last five years.

1. The local authority has not employed any entire children's social work team, sometimes referred to as a managed team, through an agency over the last five years.

2. The number of children's social workers employed individually through an agency through an agency by Lincolnshire County Council over the last five years as a year-on-year breakdown is as shown below:

3. The cost to the local authority of employing individual children's social workers (permanent staff not agency) over the last five years is as shown below:

These figures also include Team Managers costs.